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A. J. GROSS.

SPEGTAGLES. 4 No. 300,696. Patented June 17, 1884..

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ANDREW JAY CROSS, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,696, dated June 17.1884.

Application filed April 23, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW J AY ORoss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chester, in the county of Delaware, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spectacles, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top view ofa pair ofspectacles embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view thereof. Fig.3 is a top view showing the nose-piece and frames of the eye-piecesdetached. Fig .tis a section of a modification.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of an improvement in the nose-piece and frames ofthe eye-pieces of a pair of spectacles whereby said parts are firmlyconnected, the means employed thereforbeing simple, inexpensive,substantial, and reliable.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the frames of the eye-pieces ofa pair ofspectacles, and B the connecting nose-piece thereof. On

the inner sides of the frames A are studs a, in

which are openings, 2), the ends of the studs being channeled, grooved,or slotted on their ends, forming lips c. The nose-piece has formed withor secured to it near each end a flange, d, the ends of said piece beingadapted to enter the openings 1), and the flanges d to enter the lips c,as most clearly shown in Fig. 8. When the nose-piece and frames arefitted together," the openings 1) and lips 0 being oc- (No model.)

cupied, respectively, by the ends of the nosepiece and the flanges dthereof, said lips are bent down around or over said flanges by anysuitable tool or implement, thus clinching the former on the latter andfirmly connecting the nose-piece with the frames of the eye-pieces, theprojection of the ends of the nose-piece into the studs increasing thelength of the connection of the parts, and consequently the strength ofthe same.

In Fig. 4 the position of parts is reversed, the lips and openings beingon and in the ends of the nose-piece and the flanges on the studs,

without, however, producing different effects from those hereinbeforestated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The connection of the nose-piece of a pair of spectacles with the framesof the eye-pieces thereof, by means of flanges on said nosepiece andlips and openings on and in the studs of the frames, the ends of thenosepiece entering the openings of the studs, and the flanges enteringthe lips, said lips being bent over or on the flanges by any suitabletool or implement, thus clinching the lips on the flanges and firmlyconnecting the nose-piece and frames of the eye-pieces.

ANDREW JAY GROSS.

WVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. GRANT.

